1997 Ford F-250 SD: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Feb 20, 2010 · Acceleration · 256,000 miles · NC · fire

The failure was the cruise control started a fire in my 1997 ford f250 while my wife ,our 16 month old and myself were sleeping. Luckily we got out but everything we had is a total lose.

Filed Feb 19, 2008 · Acceleration · 110,000 miles · MA · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 1997 ford f-250 sd. The contact stated that the cruise control module caught fire in the beginning of 2008. The fire and police departments extinguished the fire and filed a report. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact stated that he never received a recall notice from ford, although ford stated that one was sent. The purchase date was unknown. The current and failure mileages were approximately 110,000.

Filed May 31, 2007 · Acceleration · 179,885 miles · SC · fire

Went to start my truck one morning and smoke came out from underneath the hood. The cruise control switch on top of the brake master cylinder burned. I turned off the ignition, opened the hood and pulled the wire from the switch. Truck is 1997 ford f250. I am the original owner of the truck. I took the truck to clinton ford in rock hill, sc and they put a cruise control switch in at a cost of $292.09. Now I see that there was a recall 05s28 that applies to the truck that I never received notice for. My complaint is that ford did not notify me od this safety recall. Then when the recall repair was performed, I was billed for the repair.

Filed Mar 14, 2007 · Electrical · 130,000 miles · MI · fire

On march 2nd,2007 my f250 diesel pickup, that was idling in the driveway caught on fire. The fire started on the driver's side of the vehicle and it melted the brake fluid reservoir and burnt up the area surrounding it. My 11 year old son noticed the blaze and shut off the truck and popped the hood and tried to shovel snow to put out the fire. I quickly opened the hood and put the fire out with the surrounding snow. I contacted ford about a recall that they have on the gasoline pickups and they told me there were no recalls on my vehicle. I talked to a local ford mechanic that said it sounded like the cruise control is what started the fire. He then gave me the phone number for customer service and they sent me a letter that stated there was nothing they could do. I am not sure what my next step should be, but I am out a truck and I would hate to see any one getting hurt because of an oversight by the ford motor company.

Filed Mar 8, 2005 · Acceleration, Transmission · 109,000 miles · KY · fire

On december 4, 2004, I took my truck on about a 600 mile trip. During the trip I tried the cruise control, which worked about 5 months earlier & found it to be nonfunctional. The next day, I found myself in a position that required engaging the four-wheel drive, however it would not engage. I parked the truck that evening & had not touched it in the following month and a half. On december 10, 2004 my wife canceled the insurance since my plan was to leave it parked until spring or I could afford to get it fixed. Then on january 26, 2005 @ 05:00 am, my wife woke me up saying that my truck had just exploded. I went outside & saw the fire in the engine compartment. At that time the main concentration of the fire was on the driver?s side. I notified ford, to which their reply was sorry for your inconvenience but there are no recalls on your vehicle & it is also out of warranty.